Renowned outdoorsman Gary Lewis will present at the monthly Sunriver Anglers Club meeting. Page 14
INSIDE THIS ISSUE SROA News ................... 4 Calendar ..................... 13 Recreation News ......... 22
Public Safety ............... 27 Classified .................... 38 Letters to the Editor .... 39
Pianist Hunter Noack returns to present music ‘in the wild’ at Sunriver Resort in June. Page 20
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Ballot materials coming in July SROA NEWS – In mid-July, members of the Sunriver Owners Association can expect to receive information in the mail to vote for candidates to the SROA Board of Directors as well as the North Pool renovation project. Each Sunriver property will receive one voter packet and ballot. The ballots must be returned to SROA by noon on Aug. 10 to be valid and counted. The results will be posted later that day at the SROA office. Board candidates There are seven candidates vying for three seats on the board. The three chosen candidates will officially start their duties on the SROA board in September. Here is a brief bio of each candidate, listed in alphabetical order: • Gerhard Beenen, resident owner Has 30 years of experience in the electronic/semi-conductor industry. Has served on the SROA Finance Committee since 2016, is on the board of the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory and has served on the finance committee since 2018. Helped to revamp SROA financial reporting and played a supporting role in the SROA budgeting process. • Mark Burford, resident owner Financial planning background and co-owner of Tellus Capital Management in Bend. Founder of a company that pioneered computerized ticket sales in Oregon that was sold in 1985 to Ticketmaster. Was an area vice president for a Fortune 500 company, is current chair of Sunriver Rotary Foundation and sponsor/volunteer for the Sunriver Music Festival and Sunriver Anglers Club. • Paul Conte, non-resident owner Software development manager and consultant. More than 20 year board member and chair of Jefferson Westside Neighbors in Eugene. Led a community-based process for developing zoning code and served on numerous City of T B, SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XLV • NUMBER 6 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
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Trumpeter swan Grace (right) does a wing flap display moments after meeting the yet-to-be-named male swan.
A swan love story: will Grace get her groove back? By Susan Berger, Sunriver Scene It’s a love story suitable for a Hallmark movie. Boy meets girl… boy/girl initially don’t like each other… boy/girl eventually fall in love and raise several beautiful babies. Tragedy strikes when the boy is shot and dies under suspicious circumstances. Following an investigation, a suspect is found and jailed. The grief-stricken girl
pines for her lost love. But, this isn’t a Hallmark movie. This is a real-life chapter in the story of Sunriver’s resident trumpeter swans Chuck and Grace – whose love story ended abruptly following Chuck’s death at the hands of an illegal hunter in 2017. Grace was now alone – her honks unanswered as they echoed across Lake Aspen and Sunriver’s surrounding
Sunriver celebrates 39 years as a Tree City The Arbor Day Foundation has honored Sunriver as a Tree City USA for its commitment to community forest management. This is the 39th year Sunriver has received this national recognition. Of the 63 (2018) communities in Oregon to receive this award, Sunriver is the only unincorporated community The award criteria as set by the Arbor included due to Sunriver’s very early Day Foundation includes spending a involvement before unincorporated certain minimum dollar amount per communities became ineligible for the award. T T C,
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waterways. The lonely swan spent many of her days on the deck of a nearby condo, often staring and mournfully honking at her own reflection in a sliding glass door. Luckily, Sunriver’s swan story continues and may result in a happier ending after a male swan was brought in from another bird sanctuary and released in Lake Aspen on May 13. Read more about the story on page 8.
The light at the end of the proverbial tunnel The Abbot-Beaver intersection improvement project is wrapping up just in time for the peak summer season. The new pathway tunnel under Abbot Drive went in without a hitch on May 8. Crews are also working on final construction of the new turn lane off Abbot Drive into the west end of the Country Store and Abbot House ConT T, PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BEND, OR PERMIT NO. 213